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Here, I'll crank it up a notch: instead of animal models, how about just gestating humans in animals? There is your artificial womb. It just requires a bit of a
by tropo 8y ago
Here, I'll crank it up a notch: instead of animal models, how about just gestating humans in animals? There is your artificial womb. It just requires a bit of anti-rejection drugs, or a bit of GMO effort for tissue similarity.
Whales have the right body temperature. There is enough room to do dozens of babies at once.
Cows are close enough. A cow can probably handle a half dozen babies.
- chithanh 8y agoFortunately or unfortunately, neither cows nor whales are close enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interspecific_pregnancy#Causes_of_failure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interspecific_pregnancy#Causes...
- tropo 8y agoThey are close enough after "a bit of anti-rejection drugs, or a bit of GMO effort". We can suppress the immune response, one way or another. If the animal is unable to clear the placenta after the birth, we lose the animal, but we still get a baby.